Dain he/him Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 Hey everyone! I wanted to poke my head in and introduce myself - this is the first "fan forum" I've ever been a part of, although I've been active online in a few other places. A bit about me: - I'm an avid fantasy/speculative fiction reader, and tend to go through a novel or two a week on average - which gets expensive, so I get a lot of my books from secondhand stores. I am currently trying to work my way through a lot of "classic" fantasy and sci-fi - Eddings and Gemmel are making up a good portion of my reading list, but I'm also planning on polishing off the collected works of Isaac Asimov. - I was introduced to Brandon Sanderson's work when I heard he would be finishing The Wheel of Time. A fan of Robert Jordan, I was suspicious of the new author so I went out and bought the Mistborn series - and loved it! I really feel like Brandon breathed new life into The Wheel of Time, and couldn't be happier with the results. - I'm a sword collector, as many fantasy readers probably are... I joined this forum after finishing Words of Radiance, because that book firmly catapulted Brandon into the top spot for my favourite living author. So far both books in The Stormlight Archives have kept me on the edge of my seat, heart pounding and mouth dry, for most of the time I spent reading. I'm blown away by the depth of this series after only two books and can't wait to read more. I'm here to learn more about the Cosmere and meet some fellow fantasy fans. Thanks for having me! Cheers, Dain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awesomeness Summoned he/him Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 Welcome to the forum Dain. From my experience this is one of the friendliest and most helpful forum communities I've seen so hope this is a great first experience for you. Have you delved into many other of Brandon's works or just mistborn, WoT, and stormlight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dain he/him Posted April 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 Thanks for the welcome! I have read Warbreaker, and am in the middle of The Alloy of Law right now. I haven't read the rest of his novels yet but I plan to. Is there a recommended order? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awesomeness Summoned he/him Posted April 10, 2014 Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 If you've already read stormlight, then no not really. Stormlight is the only one that has a lot of cosmere cameos and Easter eggs so far. Most of the others are pretty self contained so can be read in any order without it making much difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriele she/her Posted April 10, 2014 Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 - I'm a sword collector, as many fantasy readers probably are... Cheers, Dain Speaking about which, I wonder if there are plans to have some company make shardblade replica. Not that they would be much use in a fight without stormlight but they surely would look cool in a collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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